Paring



J. J. PARKER, on MARIETTA, oHIo.

MACHINE FOR PARING APPLES.

Specicaton of Letters Patent No. 16,993, dated .April 7, 1857.

To all wiz-0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. J. PARKER, of Marietta, in the county oflVashington and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Devicefor Baring Apples and other Fruit, Vegetables, &c.; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, in which- Figure l., is a side view of myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a front View of the Same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding` parts in the twofigures.

This invention consists in the combination with the knife shaft, of aspring holder, in the manner and for the purposes hereinafter set forth.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a clamp which is formed of lips a, a, attached atrightangles to a vert-ical bar Z), t-he lips being a suitable distanceapart. Through the lower lip a, a hand screw c passes. The implement issecured to the edge of a table or bench by means of the clamps. To theupper end of the verti cal bar I), an inclined bar 6l, is permanentlyattached and through the angle of the bar d,

the driving shaft c, passes.

The outer end of the driver shaft e, has a toothed wheel B upon it towhich a handle f, is attached. This toothed wheel gears into a pinion g,which is placed upon a shaft l1., said shaft passing through the end ofthe bar CZ. The inner end of the shaft h, or the end opposite to the endon which the pinion g, is placed, has a fork c', attached to it. Theinner end of the driving shaft e, has a bevel pinion j, placed upon it.The pinion y', gears intoa bevel wheel C, which is attached to j the endof a bent arm D, said arm having its bearings in a projection E, whichis attached to the bar d, at its angle. The arm cl, is construct-ed of awire bent as shown clearly in Fig. 1, so as to form two parallel ornearly parallel portions In, Z, connected by a spring m, and a bent orright angular portion n, to the outer end of which the wheel C, isattached. A segmental projection o, is attached to the projection E, anda guide loop p, is attached to the wheel C, the longer portion of thearm D, passing through said guide loop.

F, represents the knife stock in which the knife G, is fitted, saidknife being fitted behind lips g, at each side of t-he stock and securedor pressed against them by a wire r, slightly bent so as to act like acam, see Fig. l. The cutting edge 0f the knife is shown at s. The stockF, is fitted loosely on the end of the arm D, and is secured thereon bya spring holder A, which is formed of a wire attached to the arm. Theouter end of the spring holder H being bent at a right angle with theother portion and litt-ing in a hole at the back of the stock F, asshown clearly in Fig. l.

The operation is as follows: The apple or other article to be pared,shown in red, is placed upon the fork c', and the wheel B.y is turned sothat the knife G, will be at the outer end of the apple, the arm B, byits elasticity causing the knife to press suiiiciently against the appleso that it will be properly pared. The knife will yield or give so thatit may conform to the inequalities of the apple and is also allo-wed,owing to the peculiar connection of the stock F, with the arm D, to turna requisite distance on the arm so that it will always adjust itself ina proper relative position with the apple. The segmental projection o,keeps the knife free from the fork when the apple is `removed. The knifemoves underneath the apple from its outer to its inner end, the applerotating of course toward the knife. The knife is moved back byreversing the movement of the wheel B.

The above implement is exceedingly simple, may be cheaply constructedand is not liable to get out of repair. The knife has a positive motion,no springs or weights being employed, as in other devices, to throw theknife back to its original position after having performed its work.

In all apple-paring machines,l it is important, in order to preventcorrosion of the knife, that it should always be cleaned after using.For this purpose, the knife should be so arranged as to be readilycapable of removal from the machine. The spring holder H permits thisremoval instantly. By raising the holder H with the finger, the stock Fis liberated, and may be slipped olf the end of arm D. The stock F maybe restored with equal convenience, it being only necessary to replaceit upon the end of the arm D, and set the hook of the holder H, into thehole in the stock. The spring holder H thus serves the double functionsof holding the stock F. suitably in place upon the arm D, and alsoallows the proper elastic revolving movement of the stock upon t-he armD, to enable the knife perfectly to follow the formation of the apple.The spring holder H also serves another import-ant office. If the kniferequires sharpening, thev holder H may be lifted from the stock, and thelatter revolved half around and there held by the'pressure of theholder;

v and in this position the knife may be more evenly and better honedthan if removed and held in the hand.

I disclaim any special peculiarity in the knife arm. I do not claim,broadly, the employment of a spring for allowing a yielding motion tothe knife stock; an example of such use of a spring is seen in thepatent of E. L. Pratt, April 29th, 1856. But the combination of thespring holder H with the arm D, is to t-he best of my knowledge andbelief a new combination, possessing peculiar virtues and productive ofnew and useful results.

Therefore what I claim as new, in appleparing machines, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent7 is:

The combination of a spring-holder H with the knife arm D, in the mannerand for the purposes described.

J'. J. PARKER.

Witnesses:

JNO. C. PAXTON, S. Gr. PAXTON.

